A new segment from us! WVAU Music Staff reviews new albums each week - here's what the group has reviewed from the start of January to now, February 23. From now on, we'll be publishing their weekly reviews, weekly. Enjoy! Pop/ish Danielle Duval ÛÒ Lose It...
Image courtesy of BBC Despite not having as large a following as genre-mates Frightened Rabbit, Scottish indie-folk band Admiral Fallows has always had a special place in my heart. From the moment I first hear the bombastic chorus of their first single “Squealing...
Will Toledo released Twin Fantasy (Mirror to Mirror) in 2011 under the name Car Seat Headrest. And now that Car Seat Headrest has expanded to a band, Toledo made it his mission to re-work the first album that put him on the map, titled Twin Fantasy (Face to Face),...
Mac Ayres is the soulful, musical magician that's here to save the day. Though he is relatively new to the scene, he is clearly having no trouble making ground. So, who is this man? He's a 21-year-old, self-taught producer, performer, and multi-instrumentalist. A...
Brent Faiyaz succeeded in selling out the DC show on his tour, filling Union Stage, a fairly new venue with excited fans. While at first impatient, expressing disdain for having to wait for his appearance with comments like “I wish he didn't have an opener,” or...
It is about time that I wrote about The Smiths. The Manchester band have been my favorite since at least the summer before my junior year of high school. I listen to them all the time, they are great for when you are sad and just want to mope in it and they are good...
Lately I've been feeling nostalgia. Maybe it's because we are more than a month into the New Year. Maybe it's because its my first year of college. Maybe it's just because and there is no rhyme or reason to these kind of things. We just feel how we feel sometimes...
Time for story time again! My newest installment involves a homeless man, Diana Gordon, and the ever-changing qualities of friendship. Most recently, I have found college life to be, for lack of a better word, tumultuous. Let's just say it's been a bit messy! To...
Image link It was August 23rd. I remember being anxious as all hell- I would be starting my first semester at American University and college in general in about a day or two. I brought the person I was dating with me at the time in part because I thought they'd...
Image courtesy of Huffington Post Hello my beautiful lovelies, I say let's go on a road trip. You know that game where you have to pick one book you would want on a deserted island for the rest of your life. This is kind of similar. I say that if I had to go on a...